Chapter 18: The Tearful Beauty
Xiao Lou's attitude is obviously not as tough as Fang Cai, Shen Nian saw that people were too accurate, and his words hit the bull's eye, people like Xiao Lou were powerless to deal with him, Xiao Lou also knew what kind of place Dali Temple was, he thought that the big officials were bad old men, and the one in front of him, wearing a moon-white robe and a mutton fat colored belt, looked peaceful and modest, but it made people fearful.
He didn't dare to look into the eyes of this Lord Shen at all, for fear that the only humble thoughts would be seen clearly and clearly.
Qiu Fu sent four capable servants, wrapped the body of the fifth lady in the best brocade, and slowly carried it out, Qiu Guiyue's eyes followed out of the door of the study, Shen Nianyi said in a low voice: "Master Qiu will arrange it first, and the matter here will be known later." ”
Qiu Guiyue hurriedly rushed up, the nervous look on Xiao Lou's face eased slightly, and Shen Nianyi said again seemingly inadvertently: "The person you want to protect is no longer here, and Master Qiu is not here, if you feel that the people in your troupe are unreliable, do you want to dismiss them all." ”
Xiao Lou felt ashamed on his face, this young official, must have seen everything, and if he concealed it more, he was afraid that it would be even worse: "At that time, I was waiting behind the rockery in front. ”
"She never came?" Shen Nianyi seemed to have seen it with his own eyes.
Xiao Lou was a little depressed: "Yes, she didn't come, I waited for a long time, counting the hours, it was about to be my turn to go on stage, so I hurried back, only to find out that she was not offstage either." ”
Hearing this, Sun Shining understood that the person Xiao Lou was waiting for was the fifth lady, the two of them met behind the rockery, one waited hard, one missed the appointment, but never thought that when they met again, it was already yin and yang, she was not an ignorant child, she would not be stupid enough to think that Xiao Lou and the fifth lady were hiding behind the rockery, for fear that the next topic would not be suitable for women who had not left the pavilion to listen, sitting a little embarrassed, and couldn't quit, so she could only pretend to look at Holly, Holly couldn't stay up all night, and stood and yawned several times, Woke up like water, didn't hear this at all, Shining thought about it, should she also pretend to be asleep?
Wait a minute, the smell of tung oil, she had a flash of inspiration in her mind, as if she remembered something, but she didn't have time to catch it, so she stared at it in a hurry.
"My lord, I really didn't kill the fifth lady, I, I was just waiting for her there, she said she would come, she told me." Xiao Lou's voice gradually lowered, "I won't kill her." ”
As soon as Shen Nian asked him to spread his hands, he just glanced at it, and nodded: "You didn't kill it." ”
"Your Excellency believes me!" Xiao Lou doubted his ear power, the fifth lady died, and the most suspicious person in the troupe was him, and this adult actually believed it for no reason.
"Not believing your words, but believing the facts, the fifth lady has finger marks on her neck, which are not the same pair as your fingers." Shen Nianyi didn't plan to relax Sun Shining, "Don't sit and fall asleep, there will be a time to use it for you later." ”
Sun Shining couldn't pretend to be asleep if he wanted to, he was a little annoyed, but he felt funny when he saw him solve the case, and he really didn't feel sleepy: "I have already said everything I can say, but it was because I happened to come out to find my sister that I was involved." ”
"Yu Ze, have all those stunned Yahuan woken up?" Shen Nian said a word and ignored Shining again, he was like teasing some kind of small animal, giving him something to eat, and then ignoring it.
"There's only one sign of awakening."
"What did Tang Churou say?" The maids in Dali Temple also practice medicine by the way.
"She said that the amount of the drug is too heavy, and some people may not be able to wake up again, and that person is afraid that it is the first time to take the drug, and the dose cannot be controlled at all."
Sun Shining suddenly sighed, she obviously did it on purpose, her voice was very loud, Shen Nianyi turned his head to look at her: "What did you think of?" ”
"I always felt that something was wrong, and then I remembered that the bead on the hairpin of the fifth lady was missing." The bead was colorful, even if it was far away, it could be clearly seen, she just glanced at the corpse, did not dare to pay much attention, and then closed her eyes and opened them again, always felt like there was an extra blank space in the picture scroll, it turned out to be missing the most important pearl.
"I know." Shen Nianyi didn't show any surprise, his eyes were like torches, he must have discovered it a long time ago, but he didn't break it, and Master Qiu didn't see it back and forth, I was afraid that the death of the fifth lady hit him too hard, where did he still have the leisure to look at these things outside his body.
"When I watched the play, the pearl was still there, I saw it." Sun Shining was unwilling, and the key that he finally remembered was erased by the three words he said so lightly, "If you find that bead, you may be able to find out who the murderer is." ”
"That bead has a name, called the tear beauty, Ju said that the old man Qiu spent a thousand taels of gold three years ago to get it, for the beauty of the smile, and then found the best jewelry craftsman in the sky, to create the golden step, the fifth lady loves life, never wants to leave, even when you fall asleep put it under the pillow." Xiao Lou knows a lot, since the big official is willing to believe him, he also understands that he knows that he doesn't need to hide it.
"The bead is still in the Qiu family, Qiu Cheng, immediately go and inform Master Qiu, and ask him to send everyone in the house out to find the pearl, be sure to find it." Shen Nianyi stood up and walked out quickly.
Everyone else went to work, Sun Shining and Xiao Lou stared at each other, and he asked first, "You are also a suspect?" Look at your appearance, you can't kill the fifth lady, she is not as tall as her, and her arms are so slender, where does the strength come from? ”
Sun Shining didn't have time to speak, standing behind her, Holly, who was always half-asleep and half-awake, blocked the words back: "What is the identity of our girl, it is up to people like you to point fingers and make irresponsible remarks." ”
Xiao Lou was suddenly embarrassed, and quickly explained: "I didn't know you were ......"
Sun Shining didn't mind so much, she just had thin arms and thin legs, and when she met a faint official, she still hoped that she would be able to carry out murder with a knife and kill a middle-aged man who was three times stronger than her, she held down Holly's hand: "He's not a bad person, Lord Shen can't say anything ****." ”
"Then he is not a good person, otherwise everyone else is gone, and he can be kept." Holly didn't know how many words she heard in front of her, and said bluntly, "The girl is still in the boudoir, so stay away from such a disciple." ”
Xiao Lou could still sit still, and quickly consciously retreated four or five feet back and shrank into a corner.
"No matter how you talk like this, it's all a one-sided relationship, and you won't be able to meet it in the future." Sun Shining blamed Holly softly, making a fuss.
"What does the girl know, their line of water-based poplars, you didn't hear it, he and the fifth lady also hooked up, and met behind the rockery, is it possible that he can chant poetry behind that! He never dared to say that he was taboo about Master Qiu's net worth background, and if Master Qiu knew, he wouldn't immediately find someone to beat him to death. Holly stood resolutely between the two, "The girl must not be soft-hearted, soft-heartedness is to harm herself." ”
Sun Shining listened to her describe a man with water-based poplar flowers, and she was a little ridiculous, and she also understood that Holly was all for her good, anyway, it was a meeting in Pingshui, she could pretend not to know, and promised repeatedly: "Yes, yes, you have stayed up hungry all night with me here, and I don't know when I will be able to return home." ”
Holly's face looked much better, and asked softly: "The girl is hungry, poor tight, I only drank two sips of tea and a small snack all night, Lord Shen thought that the girl could help, so he deliberately left the girl down, and we can be regarded as repaying the favor." ”
"Yes, I'd love to be able to help a little bit too." Out of the corner of his eye, Sun Shining saw Xiao Lou tiptoeing out of the door, is the Qiu family surrounded by people from Dali Temple, and it is difficult for people who can't get out of it to fly with their wings, so where is he going?
He soon returned, with two large steaming bowls in his hands, which he placed in front of Holly with great interest, and turned his back without making a sound.
Holly looked down and saw that it was a bowl of radish keel soup, the ingredients were chopped into large pieces, and the color was thick and plump, and her heart softened suddenly, this person is afraid that he is really not a bad person: "Girl, this is what he brought it, do you want to eat some?" ”
Sun Shining teased: "What if the bad guys put poison in it? ”
Holly is righteous Ling Ran: "Then I'll take a sip for the girl first, and if it's okay, the girl will drink it again." ”
"Drink a few more sips to be safe." Xiao Lou ate heartily over there and didn't forget to interject.
Holly really drank a small half bowl in a row, and Sun Shining didn't relax and said: "It's best to eat some radishes and bones, I'm not at ease." ”
The small half bowl fell into the stomach, Holly felt that her body was warm, and the gaps between the bones were filled with hot soup, and when she looked up and saw Shining's smile, she knew that she had been fooled: "Girl, I don't dare to be greedy." ”
"What nonsense, you are looking at death as home." Sun Shining took the bowl and ate the rest cleanly, she was really hungry, otherwise she wouldn't have eaten so sweetly after seeing the dead body.
When Shen Nianyi came back, he saw that she was waiting for this hour, not only was she annoyed, but she was quite happy and relieved.
"My lord, have you ever found the pearl?" Sun Shining didn't forget that business mattered.
"Found it." Shen Nianyi looked at Xiao Lou, "Behind the rockery, there is not only that bead, but also a silk with a belt." ”
Xiao Lou quickly looked at his waist, he was wearing a costume, and the pine-colored clothes belt weaved more than a dozen wishful silks, he quickly counted them one by one, and when he looked up again, the oil paint on his face seemed to have faded all the colors: "My lord, that ribbon is on my costume." ”
Shen Nianyi handed over the tapestry, and it was really the same color and shape as the one on Xiao Lou's waist.
"My lord, it's not me, I really didn't kill the fifth lady!" Xiao Lou screamed and sat down in a chair.
"It's all this time, and you're still unwilling to tell the truth?" Shen Nianyi's tone was very light and transparent, "Who are you waiting for in the rockery?" ”